Zareathites
ZA'REATHITES, the inhabitants of Zareah or Zorah. 1 Chr 2:53.
Zareathites, The
the inhabitants of Zareah or Zorah. (1 Chronicles 2:53)
Zared
ZA'RED (exuberant growth). Num 21:12. See Zered, Valley or Brook of.
Zared, The Valley Of
[Zered]
Zarephath
Smelting-shop, “a workshop for the refining and smelting of metals”, a small Phoenician town, now Surafend, about a mile from the coast, almost midway on the road between Tyre and Sidon. Here Elijah …
Zaretan
When the Hebrews crossed the Jordan, as soon as the feet of the priests were dipped in the water, the flow of the stream was arrested. The point of arrest was the “city of Adam beside Zaretan,” proba…
Zaretan, Or Zarthan
(Joshua 3:16)
Zareth-shahar
The splendour of the dawn, a city “in the mount of the valley” (Josh. 13:19). It is identified with the ruins of Zara, near the mouth of the Wady Zerka Main, on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea, som…
Zarethshahar
(splendor of the dawn), a place mentioned only in (Joshua 13:19) in the catalogue of the towns allotted to Reuben.
Zarhites
ZAR'HITES, THE, the descendants of Zarah, the son of Judah. Num 26:13, Ruth 4:20; Josh 7:17; 1 Chr 27:11, 1 Chr 27:13.
Zarhites, The,
ZAR'HITES, THE, the descendants of Zarah, the son of Judah. Num 26:13, Ruth 4:20; Josh 7:17; 1 Chr 27:11, 1 Chr 27:13.
Zartanah
(1 Kings 4:12) [Zaretan, Or Zarthan, Zarthan]
Zarthan
A place near Succoth, in the plain of the Jordan, “in the clay ground,” near which Hiram cast the brazen utensils for the temple (1 Kings 7:46); probably the same as Zartan. It is also called Zeredat…
Zatthu,
ZAT'THU, or ZAT'TU (a sprout), one whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel, Ezr 2:8; Neh 7:13, and married foreign wives. Ezr 10:27.
Zattu
Id., one whose descendants returned from the Captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:8; Neh. 7:13); probably the same as Zatthu.
Zavan
(1 Chronicles 1:42) [Zaavan, Or Zavan]
Zaza
Plenty, a descendant of Judah (1 Chr. 2:33).
Zeal
An earnest temper; may be enlightened (Num. 25:11-13; 2 Cor. 7:11; 9:2), or ignorant and misdirected (Rom. 10:2; Phil. 3:6). As a Christian grace, it must be grounded on right principles and directed…
Zealots,
ZEAL'OTS, the name of a party among the Jews, half religious and half political, founded by Judas the Galilean or the Gaulanite, Acts 5:37, and, after the death of him and his sons, led by Eleazar, o…
Zebadiah
Gift of Jehovah. (1.) A son of Asahel, Joab’s brother (1 Chr. 27:7). (2.) A Levite who took part as one of the teachers in the system of national education instituted by Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. 17:7, 8).…
Zebah
Man-killer, or sacrifice, one of the two kings who led the vast host of the Midianites who invaded the land of Israel, and over whom Gideon gained a great and decisive victory (Judg. 8). Zebah and Za…
Zebaim
(Ezra 2:57; Neh. 7:59). “Pochereth of Zebaim” should be read as in the Revised Version, “Pochereth-hazzebaim” (“snaring the antelopes”), probably the name of some hunter.
Zebedee
A Galilean fisherman, the husband of Salome (q.v.), and the father of James and John, two of our Lord’s disciples (Matt. 4:21; 27:56; Mark 15:40). He seems to have been a man of some position in Cape…
Zebina
(purchase), one of the sons of Nebo who had taken foreign wives after the return from Babylon, (Ezra 10:43)
Zeboiim
deer; goats
Zeboim,
ZEBO'IM, and ZEBOI'IM (roes). One of the "five cities of the plain ;" grouped with Sodom and Gomorrah. Gen 10:19; Gen 14:2, Acts 14:8; Deut 29:23; Hos 11:8. The question of the site of these cities i…
Zebudah
Given, the wife of Josiah and mother of Jehoiakim (2 Kings 23:36).
Zebul
Habitation, the governor of Shechem under Abimelech (Judg. 9:28, 30, 36). He informed his master of the intention of the people of Shechem to transfer their allegiance to the Hivite tribe of Hamor. T…
Zebulonite,
ZEB'ULONITE, Jud 12:11. or ZEB'ULUNITES, Num 26:27, the descendants of Zebulun.
Zebulun
Dwelling, the sixth and youngest son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 30:20). Little is known of his personal history. He had three sons (46:14).